Bangladesh-India-Pakistan’s Military Casualties during Bangladesh Liberation War 1971

Losses suffered in War:

Estimates collected from various sources indicate that Pakistan had committed 365,000 officers and men into the war, out of which it suffered casualties in men of about 9,000 dead comprising the Army, Navy, and Air Force and 4,350 wounded. In terms of material it lost two destroyers, one submarine, one minesweeper, three petrol boats, and seven gunboats.

In comparison, India had committed 500,000 troops. The casualties in men suffered by India were 3,843 dead and 9,851 wounded and in material it lost one frigate and one naval plane.

There are no definitive figures available of the casualties suffered by the Bangladesh Liberation Army, including the Mukti Bahini; but according to an average of the estimates available, the number of dead was well over 10,000 and the number wounded was about 20,000.

(Source: India, Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh Liberation & Pakistan – A Political Treatise – Sashanka S. Banerjee)